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Law, life, and government at Red River / Dale Gibson.
LIBRA KEM165 .G53 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibson, Dale, author.
- Series:
- Rupert's Land Record Society series ; 13-14.
- Rupert's Land Record Society series ; 13-14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Red River Settlement--Sources.
- Law.
- Courts--Red River Settlement--History--Sources.
- Courts.
- Community life--Red River Settlement--History--Sources.
- Community life.
- History.
- Red River Settlement--Politics and government.
- Red River Settlement.
- Red River Settlement--History.
- Politics and government.
- North America--Red River Settlement.
- Genre:
- History.
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press ; Toronto : The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, [2015]
- Summary:
- Inhabited by a diverse population of First Nations peoples, Métis, Scots, Upper and Lower Canadians, and Americans, and dominated by the commercial and governmental activities of the Hudson's Bay Company, Red River - now Winnipeg - was a challenging settlement to oversee. This illuminating account presents the story of the unique legal and governmental system that attempted to do so and the mixed success it encountered, culminating in the 1869-70 Red River Rebellion and confederation with Canada in 1870. In Law, Life, and Government at Red River, Dale Gibson provides rich, revealing glimpses into the community and its complex relations with the Hudson's Bay Company, which was the colony's owner and primary employer. Volume 1 details the history of the settlement's establishment, development, and ambivalent relationship with the legal and undemocratic, as well as the ways in which more-representative governmental institutions gradually and grudgingly formed in the area, and how the legal system's engagement with the Aboriginal population evolved. A vivid look into early settler life, Law, Life, and Government at Red River offers insights into the political, commercial, and legal circumstances that unfolded during western expansion. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Volume 1. Settlement and governance, 1812-1872
- Volume 2. General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia, annotated records, 1844-1872.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.
- Other Format:
- Gibson, Dale, author. Law, life, and government at Red River.
- ISBN:
- 0773545220
- 9780773545212
- 0773545212
- 9780773545229
- 9780773545632
- 0773545638
- OCLC:
- 904866883
- Publisher Number:
- 99965891277
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